Slam's Top 500 Players Of All Time

[KingSpeed]

I'm gonna attempt to post them all. You must've played more than 5 years to make the list. Here goes....

1. Michael Jordan 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Bill Russell 4. Shaq
5. Oscar Robertson 6.Magic Johnson 7. Kareem 8.Tim Duncan
9. Larry Bird 10. Kobe Bryant 11. Jerry West 12. Elgin Baylor
13. Hakeem 14. Bob Pettit 15. Moses Malone 16. Dr. J
17. John Havlicek 18. Karl Malone 19. Isiah Thomas 20. Charles Barkley
21. Rick Barry 22. John Stockton 23. Elvin Hayes 24. Bob Cousy
25. David Robinson 26. Kevin McHale 27. Scottie Pippen 28. Jason Kidd
29. George Mikan 30. Kevin Garnett 31. LeBron James 32. Willis Reed
33. West Unseld 34. Nate Thurmond 35. Dolph Schayes 36. Walt Frazier
37. Patrick Ewing 38. Jerry Lucas 39. Gary Payton 40. Allen Iverson
41. Billy Cunningham 42. Clyde Drexler 43. Dominique Wilkins 44. Dave Cowens
45. George Gervin 46. Bob McAdoo 47. Earl Monroe 48. Dennis Rodman
49. Dwayne Wade 50. Steve Nash 51. Walt Bellamy 52. Nate Archibald
53. Dennis Johnson 54. Reggie Miller 55. Dirk Nowitzki 56. Connie Hawkins
57. Dave Bing 58. James Worthy 59. Hal Greer 60. Pistol Pete
61. Jack Twyman 62. Bob Lanier 63. David Thompson 64. Joe Fulks
65. Sam Jones 66. Gus Johnson 67. Robert Parish 68. Tommy Heinsohn
69. Bernard King 70. Bill Sharman 71. Paul Arizin 72. Lenny Wilkins
73. Alonzo Mourning 74. Bill Walton 75. Neil Johnston

Gotta take a break. More later....

 

[chris_in_pdx]

16. Dr. J

Criminal.

 

[C_note]

Shaq ahead of Bird, Magic, Hakeem? Cmon...

 

[BlazerCaravan]

John Stockton took Clyde's spot.

 

[Minstrel]

I weep at Kobe being ahead of Hakeem and Isiah Thomas being ahead of...a lot of people. And David Robinson being so low.

Still, surprisingly decent list in my opinion. Considering I hold a lot of controversial opinions about player legacies, I saw a lot I agreed with.

 

[PapaG]

I like Bill Simmons' list (and his Pyramid of Greatness) much better.

 

[Shapecity]

Kareem is always underrated on these lists.

 

[KingSpeed]

Here's more: 76. Dave DeBusschere

77. Paul Pierce 78. Joe Dumars 79. Ray Allen 80. Chris Webber
81. Ed Macauley 82. Alex English 83. Adrian Dantley 84. Artis Gilmore
85. Cliff Hagan 86. Dwight Howard 87. Tim Hardaway 88. Chris Mullin
89. Mitch Richmond 90. Sidney Moncrief 91. Bobby Dandridge 92. Bob Love
93. Jim Pollard 94. Spencer Haywood 95. Dikembe Mutombo 96. Pau Gasol
97. Tracy McGrady 98. Grant Hill 99. Vince Carter 100. Buck Williams

Okay... I'll put the next 100 in another post coming soon...

 

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101. Slater Martin 102. Kevin Johnson 103. Brad Daugherty 104. Walter Davis
105. Carmelo Anthony 106. Dan Issel 107. Chris Paul 108. George McGinnis
109 Jamaal Wilkes 110. Chet Walker 111. George Yardley 112. Kevin Porter
113. Richie Guerin 114. Norm Van Lier 115. Willie Naulls 116. Zelmo Beaty
117. Marques Johnson 118. Jo Jo White 119. Jack Sikma 120. Tom Chambers
121. Dick McGuire 122. Mo Cheeks 123. Ben Wallace 124. Chauncey Billups
125. Bailey Howell 126. Lou Hudson 127. Rudy Tomjanovich 128. Deron Williams
129. Guy Rodgers 130. Penny Hardaway 131. Phil Chenier 132. Charlie Scott
133. Bon Davies 134. Harry Gallatin 135. Maurice Lucas 136. Larry Foust
137. Michael Cooper 138. Paul Silas 139. Tony Parker 140. Ron Artest
141. Paul Westphal 142. Phil Smith 143. Manu Ginobili 144. Amare Stoudemire
145. Vern Mikkelsen 146. Rudy LaRusso 147. Johnny Kerr 148. Terry Cummings
149. Gus Williams 150. Shawn Kemp 151. Horace Grant 152. Shawn Marion
153. Gene Shue 154. Yao Ming 155. Mark Price 156. Rasheed Wallace
157. Calvin Murphy 158. Bobby Wanzer 159. Bobby Jones 160. Mark Jackson
161. Otis Birdsong 162. Johnny Green 163. John Drew 164. Tom Gola
165. Larry Nance 166. Randy Smith 167. Terry Porter 168. Rolando Blackman
169. Andy Phillip 170. Clyde Lovellette 171. Chris Bosh 172. Bill Bradley
173. Larry Johnson 174. Jermaine O'Neal 175. Andre Toney 176. Reggie Theus
177. Elton Brand 178. KC Jones 179. Jerry Sloan 180. Jamal Mashburn
181. Bob Rule 182. Derrick Coleman 183. Gilbert Arenas 184. Joe Johnson
185. Joe Caldwell 186. Norm Nixon 187. Mark Aguirre 188. Michael Ray Richardson
189. Archie Clark 190. Jimmy Walker 191. Doug Collins 192. Kiki Vanderwegh
193. Larry Kenon 194. Alvin Robertson 195. Sam Cassell 196. World B. Free
197. Stephon Marbury 198. Fat Lever 199. Baron Davis 200. Bill Bridges

More to come....

 

[KingSpeed]

201. Lamar Odom 202. Kelly Tripucka 203. Wayne Embry 204. Mookie Blaylock
205. Alvan Adams 206. Carlos Boozer 207. Don Ohl 208. Marcus Camby
209. Rod Strickland 210. Carl Braun 211. Jeff Malone 212. Danny Manning
213. Charles Oakley 215. Sidney Wicks 215. John Williamson 216. Arnie Risen
217. Cedric Maxwell 218. Darrell Griffith 219. Ray Scott 220. Cazzie Russell
221. Dale Ellis 222. Reggie Lewis 223. Rip Hamilton 224. Michael Redd
225. Peja Stojakovic 226. Latrell Sprewell 227. Derek Harper 228. Steve Francis
229. Mickey Johnson 230. Jason Richardson 231. Purvis Short 232. Orlando Woolridge
233. Austin Carr 234. Max Zaslofsky 235. Bill Laimbeer 236. Antawn Jamison
237. Clark Kellogg 238. Antoine Walker 239. Jim McMillan 240. Leonard Robinson
241. Jeff Ruland 242. AC Green 243. Walter Dukes 244. Zydrunas Ilgauskas
245. Quinn Buckner 246. Glenn Robinson 247. Bruce Bowen 248. Detlef Schrempf
249. Terry Dischinger 250. Toni Kukoc 251. Mike Bibby 252. Ralph Sampson
253. Frank Ramsey 254. Anthony Mason 255. Andre Miller 256. Harold Hairston
257. Shareef Abdur-Rahim 258. Doug Christie 259. Geoff Petrie 260. Rony Seikaly
261. David West 262. Eddie Jones 263. Dan Majerle 264. John Lucas
265. Jeff Hornacek 266. Dan Roundfield 267. Caldwell Jones 268. Brian Winters
269. Otis Thorpe 270. Jack Marin 271. Terrell Brandon 272. Clifford Robinson
273. Zach Randolph 274. Scott Wedman 275. Bob Boozer 276. Rik Smits
277. Vlade Divac 278. Sleepy Floyd 279. Doc Rivers 280. Larry Costello
281. Xavier McDaniel 282. Eddie Johnson ('77-'87) 283. Eddie Johnson ('81-'99) 284. Bill Cartwright
285. Cliff Robinson ('79-'92) 286. Kenny Sears 287. Michael Finley 288. Phil Ford
289. Jeff Mullins 290. Mel Hutchins 291. Tom Gugliotta 292. Nick Van Exel
293. Lucius Allen 294. Mike Mitchell 295. Jerry Stackhouse 296. Don Chaney
297. Damon Stoudemire 298. Glen Rice 299. Kenyon Martin 300. Calvin Natt

I'll do more tomorrow.

 

[handiman]

87. Tim Hardaway 88. Chris Mullin 89. Mitch Richmond

That can't be coincidental, can it?

 

[MARIS61]

Shows how silly lists are.

 

[jlprk]

The list makes me want to cuss. It pisses me off. It's the worst fucking list I've ever seen.

It overrates Lakers and underrates centers. Yadda yadda, I'm not going to dignify it with a response.

<stomps off, kicks the dog>

Slam Magazine. Never has anything worthwhile.

 

[KingSpeed]

Underrates centers? 3 of the top 4 are centers.

The list continues.....

301. Swenson Nater 302. Rashard Lewisa 303. Tom Sanders 304. Sam Lacey
305. Freddie Brown 306. Elmore Smith 307. Joe Barry Carroll 308. Sam Perkins
309. Dick Barnett 310. Sean Elliott 311. Dick Van Arsdale 312. Tom Van Arsdale
313. Donald Watts 314. Tom Meschery 315. Theo Ratliff 316. Kenny Anderson
317. Wayman Tisdale 318. Sugar Ray Williams 319. Lionel Hollins 320. Danny Ainge
321. Kenny Smith 322. Fred Carter 323. Gerald Wallace 324. Caron Butler
325. Allan Houston 326. Byron Scott 327. Ron Harper 328. Luke Jackson ('64-'72)
329. Lionel Simmons 330. Greg Ballard 331. Arvydas Sabonis 332. Danny Granger
333. Andre Iguodala 334. Michael Adams 335. Billy Knight 336. Ben Gordon
337. Jay Vincent 338. Kevin Willia 339. Jim Chones 340. Vinnie Johnson
341. Roy Tarpley 342. Vin Baker 343. Darryl Dawkins 344. Jim Jackson
345. Nick Anderson 346. jameer Nelsom 347. Al Jefferson 348. Rodney McCray
349. Paul Pressey 350. Mugsy Bogues 351. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 352. Campy Russell
353. Monta Ellis 354. Nathaniel Clifton 355. Robert Horry 356. Steve Smith
357. Tayshaun Prince 358. Sherman Douglas 359. Walt Hazzard 360. Chuck Person
361. Armen Gilliam 362. John Johnson 363. Jalen Rose 364. Scott Skiles
365. Flynn Robinson 366. Ricky Sobers 367. Mike Bantom 368. Ricky Pierce
369. John Shumate 370. Derek Fisher 371. John Starks 372. Antonio McDyess
373. Stephen Jackson 374. Larry Drew 375. Juwan Howard 376. Richard Jefferson
377. Vern Fleming 378. Steve Stipanovich 379. Mark Eaton 380. Jason Terry
381. Johnny Dawkins 382. Hersey Hawkins 383. Mychal Thompson 384. Mike Newlin
385. Ray Felix 386. Kevin Loughery 387. Dick Garmaker 388. Lloyd Neal
389. Lonnie Shelton 390. Larry Smith 391. Pooh Richardson 392. Nate McMillan
393. Corey Maggette 394. Junior Bridgeman 395. ML Carr 396. Woody Sauldsberry
397. Steve Johnson 398. Jim Washington 399. Vernon Maxwell 400. Michael Cage

More later...

 

[B-Roy]

I think LeBron is too low, to be honest....

 

[KingSpeed]

Finally....

401. Quentin Richardson 402. Kermit Washington 403. Derrick McKey 404. Keith Van Horn
405. Cedric Ceballos 406. Michael Brooks 407. Dale Davis 408. Antonio Davis
409. Christian Laettner 410. Ken Norman 411. Thurl Bailey 412. Mike Woodson
413. Al Harrington 414. Andrew Bogut 415. Kenny Carr 416. Don Kojis
417. Ron Behagen 418. Luol Deng 419. Brian Grant 420. James Edwards
421. Tyrone Hill 422. Jerome Kersey 423. Hot Rod Williams 424. Ernie DiGregorio
425. Johnny Davis 426. Arlen Bockhorn 427. Don Nelson 428. Troy Murphy
429. Al Attles 430. Curtis Rowe 431. Mike Miller 432. Eddie Miles
433. Roy Hinson 434. Herm Gilliam 435. Adrian Smith 436. Rex Chapman
437. Andrei Kirilenko 438. David Greenwood 439. BJ Armstrong 440. Jamal Crawford
441. Quintin Dailey 442. Jim Paxson Jr 443. Spud Webb 444. Shane Battier
445. Albert King 446. Gerald Wilkins 447. Sam Bowie 448. Charles Smith
449. Josh Howard 450. Dell Curry 451. Zaid Abdul-Aziz 452. Emeka Okafor
453. Kelvin Ransey 454. Hedonism Turkoglu 455. Kevin Martin 456. Eric Money
457. White Chocolate 458. David Lee 459. Kerry Kittles 460. Kendall Gill
461. Devin Harris 462. Wally Szczerbiak 463. Grant Long 464. Billy Owens
465. LaPhonso Ellis 466. Jay Humphries 467. Tree Rollins 468. Don Buse
469. Wali Jones 470. Larry Hughes 471. Marvin Webster 472. Jon McGlocklin
473. Clem Haskins 474. Gar Heard 475. Terry Catledge 476. Phil Hubbard
477. Bob Kauffman 478. Loy Vaught 479. Dana Barros 480. Mitch Kupchak
481. Elden Campbell 482. Robert Reid 483. Clyde Lee 484. John Long
485. Clifford Ray 486. Manure Bol 487. Joe Graboski 488. Avery Johnson
489. Gene Banks 490. Sarumas Marciulionis 491. Reggie Williams 492. Antoine Carr
493. Joe Smith 494. PJ Brown 495. Drew Gooden 496. Kevin Duckworth
497. Chris Kaman 498. Cuttino Mobley 499. David Wesley 500. Pervis Ellison

 

[KingSpeed]

And they also listed the Top 10 Players You'll See In Volume 2 (less than 6 years of experience):

1. Kevin Durant
2. Derrick Rose
3. Rajon Rondo
4. Blake Griffin
5. Kevin Love
6. Russell Westbrook
7. Eric Gordon
8. LaMarcus Aldridge
9. Tyreke Evans
10. John Wall

 

[BlayZa]

hold the fuckin phone, wally fuckin szczerbiak higher than mr clippers loy vaught, tree rollins, AND duck.... fuck me.....